Krucemburk
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Havlíčkův Brod | ||||
| Area : | 2918 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 41 ′ N , 15 ° 51 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 567 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,580 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 582 63 - 582 66 | ||||
| License plate : | J | ||||
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| Street: | Ždírec nad Doubravou - Žďár nad Sázavou | ||||
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| Status: | stains | ||||
| Districts: | 3 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jiří Havlíček (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | nám. Jana Zrzavého 13 582 66 Krucemburk |
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| Municipality number: | 568945 | ||||
| Website : | www.krucemburk.cz | ||||
Krucemburk , 1949–1993 Křížová (German Kreuzberg , older originally Kreuzburg (1361)) is a place in the Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers southeast of Ždírec nad Doubravou on the Doubrava and belongs to the Okres Havlíčkův Brod .
geography
Krucemburk is located on the western edge of the Saar Mountains on the right side of the Doubrava at Městecký potok. In the south-west lies the Ranský Babylon (673 m) belonging to the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . To the north rises the 660 m high hill Křížový vrch. South of the village, the Doubrava is dammed in the ponds Řeka and Ranský rybník. The state road 37 between Žďár nad Sázavou and Ždírec nad Doubravou runs through Krucemburk .
Neighboring towns are Benátky in the north, Košinov in the northeast, Vojnův Městec in the east, Hluboká and Staré Ransko in the south, Nové Ransko and Ždírec nad Doubravou in the west and Kohoutov in the northwest.
history
The first documentary mention of the place comes from a granting of the mining right to silver in 1241. Kreuzburk was on the "via Lubetina", an old connection from Bohemia via Libice nad Doubravou to Moravia and was established at the beginning of the 13th century by the Teutonic Order founded as a mountain village . Its name is derived from Arlanus Henricus von Kreuzburg , who held the coin justice from 1247 to 1261 . Over the years the Czech name Krucemburk developed from this , while the German name changed to Kreuzberg . The church and a festival were built as early as the 13th century. In 1321 Kreuzburk passed into secular possession and the state marshal Heinrich von Leipa became the owner of the place.
After his death, Epík z Hrádku acquired the property. He raised the place to a market in 1385 and gave it the coat of arms that is still valid today. In the 15th and 16th the place reached its heyday during the rule of the Střela z Rokyc. Nikolaus Střela z Rokyc made the Krucemburk fortress his ancestral seat in 1527 and had it converted into a castle by 1543. In 1590 Krucemburk carried a silver seal. With the Thirty Years War, the decline of Kreuzberg began. After mining came to a standstill during the war, a fire destroyed the town after the end of the war in 1651 and the residents earned their living from agriculture.
In 1670 Emperor Leopold I granted the place the privilege of holding a fair. In 1677 Ferdinand von Dietrichstein bought the Kreuzberg rule with the associated villages Hluboká, Benátky and Kohoutov. Kreuzberg slowly recovered and craft and tannery dominated the market. In 1778 the pastor Josef Vrba had the three crosses erected on Mons Crucis as a symbol of the place. According to the Josephine tolerance patent , the first Lutheran congregation in Bohemia was established in Krucemburk in 1782 and consecrated the Protestant church in 1840.
After patrimonial was replaced , Krucemburk became an independent market town. In 1893 the place had almost 1000 inhabitants. During the Second World War the place was surrounded and searched by German troops in January 1945. After the end of the war, on May 9, 1945, a senseless bombardment by Soviet air forces took place in which Krucemburk was badly hit and the neighboring town of Ždírec was almost completely destroyed. In 1949, against the will of the residents, the name was changed to the Czech-sounding name Křížová . In a referendum, the residents decided to return to the historical name Krucemburk, which the municipality has been using again since 1993. In November 2006, Krucemburk got his status as Městys (spots) back, which he had lost in 1950.
Local division
The spot Krucemburk consists of the districts Hluboká ( Hluboka ), Krucemburk ( Kreuzberg ) and Staré Ransko ( Altransko ).
Attractions
- Church of St. Nicholas, renovated in 1677
- Křížový vrch (Mons Crucis)
- Memorial hall for the painter Jan Zrzavý
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in the market square
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ Antonín Profous: Místní jména v Čechách - Vznik jejich, původní význam a změny. Díl IV.